when are you too ironic?
Can you ever be too ironic?
I was out at a club last night (something I haven't done in ages, but it was an acquaintance's b-day, so, whatever), and I had a bit of fun observing people's style, and clothing. One thing that stood out to me, and not in a good way, was one person who looked like they were wearing a scarf. Okay, I know this is a popular style, and there is even a name for it, which eludes me at this time. (scarf-core, scarf indie, or something equally..whatever). So anyway, I thought this guy was just rocking the scarf look. He also had a sweater and a button down shirt beneath the sweater. Nothing new there.
It turns out, that the dudes scarf, wasn't a scarf at all, but fabric sewn into the sweater, to look like a scarf! Seriously. I couldn't believe it, or maybe I'm just so not with it, that I'm not up on my scarf fashions.
Anyway, I understand alot of different fashions trends today grow from the concept of irony, but what is this sweater/scarf combo thing trying to say? Has ironic fashion gone too far? I'm all for people expressing themselves and what not, and I enjoy alot of the current indie trends. (I know, it's not trends, it's people being original and independent ;) . ) But really, with a scarf that's built into a sweater, is that any better than T-shirts with long sleeves sewn into the short sleeves, to create that layered look, without actually wearing more than one shirt? Or T-shirts with button down shirt tails sewn into the bottom of the shirts? It's kind of like modern art relying on irony, in the hopes of appearing original.
Meh, all this musing reminds me that I'm not one to nit pick on people's fashion. I sometimes shop at the MALL for crying out loud!
ADC
I was out at a club last night (something I haven't done in ages, but it was an acquaintance's b-day, so, whatever), and I had a bit of fun observing people's style, and clothing. One thing that stood out to me, and not in a good way, was one person who looked like they were wearing a scarf. Okay, I know this is a popular style, and there is even a name for it, which eludes me at this time. (scarf-core, scarf indie, or something equally..whatever). So anyway, I thought this guy was just rocking the scarf look. He also had a sweater and a button down shirt beneath the sweater. Nothing new there.
It turns out, that the dudes scarf, wasn't a scarf at all, but fabric sewn into the sweater, to look like a scarf! Seriously. I couldn't believe it, or maybe I'm just so not with it, that I'm not up on my scarf fashions.
Anyway, I understand alot of different fashions trends today grow from the concept of irony, but what is this sweater/scarf combo thing trying to say? Has ironic fashion gone too far? I'm all for people expressing themselves and what not, and I enjoy alot of the current indie trends. (I know, it's not trends, it's people being original and independent ;) . ) But really, with a scarf that's built into a sweater, is that any better than T-shirts with long sleeves sewn into the short sleeves, to create that layered look, without actually wearing more than one shirt? Or T-shirts with button down shirt tails sewn into the bottom of the shirts? It's kind of like modern art relying on irony, in the hopes of appearing original.
Meh, all this musing reminds me that I'm not one to nit pick on people's fashion. I sometimes shop at the MALL for crying out loud!
ADC
posted by ADC at 1:19 PM
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